Fuel pin behavior under slow overpower transient conditions; HEDL W-2 SLSF experiment results. [LMFBR]
Abstract
The HEDL W-2 Sodium Loop Safety Facility (SLSF) Experiment was the first overpower transient test in the US to utilize full-length, fully-preconditioned LMFBR fuel pins. The 7-pin fuel bundle was irradiated for a total of 26 days at a nominal steady-state peak linear pin power level of 42 kW/m (12.8 kW/ft). A 5 cent/s overpower ramp was imposed following five days of continuous steady-state irradiation. Between 10 and 20 seconds into the transient, test instrumentation indicated a limited fuel pin cladding breach. Significant cladding disruption, molten fuel motion, and moderate fuel-coolant interactions occurred at 22 seconds into the transient.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6265265
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-2284-FP; CONF-810803-10
ON: DE81029795; TRN: 81-016660
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC14-76FF02170
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Topical meeting on reactor safety aspects of fuel behavior, Sun Valley, ID, USA, 2 Aug 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; FUEL PINS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; THERMAL STRESSES; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; TRANSIENT OVERPOWER ACCIDENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL ELEMENT FAILURE; REACTOR SAFETY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TEST FACILITIES; ACCIDENTS; BREEDER REACTORS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FLUID MECHANICS; FUEL ELEMENTS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MECHANICS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SAFETY; STRESSES; TESTING; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 210500 - Power Reactors, Breeding
Citation Formats
Henderson, J M, Seeman, S E, Wood, S A, and Metcalf, I L. Fuel pin behavior under slow overpower transient conditions; HEDL W-2 SLSF experiment results. [LMFBR]. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web.
Henderson, J M, Seeman, S E, Wood, S A, & Metcalf, I L. Fuel pin behavior under slow overpower transient conditions; HEDL W-2 SLSF experiment results. [LMFBR]. United States.
Henderson, J M, Seeman, S E, Wood, S A, and Metcalf, I L. 1981.
"Fuel pin behavior under slow overpower transient conditions; HEDL W-2 SLSF experiment results. [LMFBR]". United States.
@article{osti_6265265,
title = {Fuel pin behavior under slow overpower transient conditions; HEDL W-2 SLSF experiment results. [LMFBR]},
author = {Henderson, J M and Seeman, S E and Wood, S A and Metcalf, I L},
abstractNote = {The HEDL W-2 Sodium Loop Safety Facility (SLSF) Experiment was the first overpower transient test in the US to utilize full-length, fully-preconditioned LMFBR fuel pins. The 7-pin fuel bundle was irradiated for a total of 26 days at a nominal steady-state peak linear pin power level of 42 kW/m (12.8 kW/ft). A 5 cent/s overpower ramp was imposed following five days of continuous steady-state irradiation. Between 10 and 20 seconds into the transient, test instrumentation indicated a limited fuel pin cladding breach. Significant cladding disruption, molten fuel motion, and moderate fuel-coolant interactions occurred at 22 seconds into the transient.},
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year = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981},
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